GET THE NEWS ON ARABSAT, TOO

As of February 22, 2010, this broadcast has been jammed by the Ethiopian government.  We continue to send you reliable, accurate and balanced reporting in our shortwave broadcasts.  Now, we proudly offer Ethiopia uncensored news from the Voice of America on the Arabsat satellite.

The new transmission is the clear and complete audio broadcast of VOA news for Ethiopia in Afan Oromo, Amharic and Tigrigna.  You can hear the audio of our regular live Monday-through-Friday broadcasts of Afan Oromo at 8:30 p.m., Amharic at 9 p.m. and Tigrigna at 10 p.m. and our Amharic Breakfast Show at 6 a.m.  These evening broadcasts will be repeated immediately following the live broadcasts.  The Breakfast Show will be repeated at 7 a.m.

On weekends, you will also hear the regular broadcasts on Saturday at 9 p.m. of the Amharic broadcast of the popular Ya Musica Qana and featured panel discussions and live broadcast of Radio Magazine at 9 p.m. on Sunday.

To access our new audio channel on the Arabsat satellite:

Satellite: Arabsat 26% East
Downlink Frequency: 11.938 GHz
FEC:  3/4
Symbol Rate: 27.5 MSym/s
Downlink Polarization: Vertical
VC: 544/1L and IR

We are proud to offer our listeners in Ethiopia this new way of getting the best of Ethiopian and international news.


NEW SHORTWAVE FREQUENCIES

The Amharic service broadcasts a one-hour air show daily from 1800 to 1900 UTC/GMT on the following frequencies:

9700 on the 31-meter band
11520, 11905, 11925 & 12140 on the 25-meter band
13870 on the 22-meter band